A Wandsworth prison officer has been sacked and four others disciplined after they were pictured wearing t-shirts saying 'We Have Madeleine McCann' during a night out.
The pictures were published on Facebook for two months before prison bosses were notified, according to Metro.
The incident is believed to have happened when the officers were drinking on a weekend away.
Madeleine McCann went missing during a family holiday in Portugal in May 2007 and has not been found despite massive publicity and an international investigation, which is now being headed by the Metropolitan Police.
One senior officer has been dismissed, another remains suspended and three others received final written warnings, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.
It is a disciplinary offence for prison officers to bring the prison service into disrepute through social media.
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